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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5122-2-1

When a medicinal product is the subject of a reassessment of the risk-benefit balance, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall inform the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

The following are entered in the wanted persons file in respect of judicial decisions: 1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcemen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-1

I. - The proportion referred to in Article L. 344-1 is a percentage of the value of all investments belonging to the company or the supplementary occupational pension fund and of other assets allocate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R79

Other than the cases provided for in 1°, 2° and 4° of Article 776, bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record is issued: 1° To the State public authorities responsible for policing foreign nationals; 2° To…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-4

The multi-annual residence permit is valid for four years, except when it is issued: 1° To the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-22 ; in this case, its duration is equal to that remaining o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5

The definition of the usury rate is set out in articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-9 of the French Consumer Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 314-6- A usurious loan is any contractual loan granted at an overal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

I. - Subject to the specific provisions of this chapter, the provisions of Book I relating to life insurance apply to the operations governed by this chapter, with the exception of Articles L. 131-1,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R761-7

The provisions of this book are automatically applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter: 1° References to the departmental prefect are replaced by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-237

All registered persons shall indicate on their invoices, order forms, price lists and advertising documents as well as on all correspondence and receipts concerning their activity and signed by them o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retirement savings plans

Article R224-1

The financial securities referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 224-3 of this Code are : 1° The assets, units or shares listed in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7°, 7° ter, 7° quater an…

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